I just downloaded OpenOffice 2.4.1 for Mac OS X and now every time I open it an xterm terminal window opens up with a Bash prompt. Is this normal behavior? Can this be turned off?
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OpenOffice 2.x for MacOS is an X11 application. It automatically starts X11.app, which opens the bash shell. OpenOffice 3.0 for MacOS will render using the Mac's native display system (Quartz), so it won't start X11.app any more. Also the NeoOffice fork of OpenOffice 2.x does not use X11. I guess window system technologies are relevant to stackoverflow. |
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For now NeoOffice is a nicer fork of OpenOffice for the Mac. |
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You can now (as of January 26th, 2009) download OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 for Mac PowerPC - announcement here. This is an Aqua version which no longer requires the X server. |
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I'm not a Mac user, but at a guess, OOo uses X11, which by default opens an xterm? So check Apple's X11 options? Just guessing here. |
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I had exactly the same issue when I installed OpenOffice on Mac. The X11 integration with OSX requires that the X11 process is running if you want to use OpenOffice, X11 forwarding etc. As a work around you can make X11 start at boot (you will see the X11 icon in your dock). The solution I ended up using for OpenOffice (on my Intel Mac) is the beta Aqua port of OpenOffice. On my older PowerPC Mac I use NeoOffice. |
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